infirmity
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6.6
- noun
- /ɪnˈfɜrmɪti/
:
infirmidad
- Looking after her elderly parents became challenging as their infirmity increased with age.
- infirmity of age
- old-age infirmities
- physical infirmities
All disease, infirmity, human pain and even aging were hid from him.
- All disease, infirmity, human pain and even aging were hid from him.
- And grandiosity means that the ordinary things that happen to ordinary people, like aging, infirmity, death, that's not their jam.
- It erodes that, he says, could such dogmatical reasoners become sensible of the strange infirmities of human understanding, Right?
- Do you know how much trust he had to have had in the African American man sitting to his right to entrust him to cover his infirmity?
Examples
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From 1873, he often mentioned that he felt melancholy and old because of his infirmities.
Academic text (1995) -
Despite his infirmity, he was a big man, powerful in the shoulders.
Fiction book (2001) -
All disease, infirmity, human pain and even aging were hid from him.
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Her only comfort was knowing that, despite her infirmity, her Rudolph was in even worse health.
Fiction book (1997) -
As a result of these communicable diseases, there was an increase in bone and joint infirmity.
Academic text (2005) -
All the physical infirmities, all the moral sores have been laid bare.
Academic text (1992) -
Like all older caregivers, those caring for adult children may themselves be dealing with infirmities or decreasing capacities.
Academic text (1991) -
As she grew older, her physical infirmity made it harder for her to walk long distances.
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His frequent absences from work were due to his infirmity following the accident.
Synonyms
177
2.8
Not able to do something you need to do
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1.4
Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act
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1.0
A time when your body is not healthy
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6.1
A loss of ability caused by damage or other problems
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5.4
Not able to do things because your body or mind does not work well
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7.3
A loss of mental or physical strength in old age often causing memory loss and confusion
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3.0
Being sick or having a long-term problem with your body
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5.0
A state of being physically weak often from old age or illness
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8.1
Being unable to do normal activities because of illness or injury
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4.8
A state of being physically weak because of age or illness
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8.2
Weakness in the body that follows illness or old age
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8.1
A serious loss of strength and energy that makes someone weak
Weak health that often appears in older people
A lack of energy and strength that often follows an illness
A feeling of great weakness and tiredness
A condition in which someone cannot work and cannot live a normal life because of long-term illness or disability
A state of being often ill and weak for a long time
A time when a person feels sick or has health problems
A lack of ability to do something
Antonyms
How Weak
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word infirmity comes from Latin parts in- 'not' and firmus 'strong', the same root as the English word firm. So an infirmity is a 'not strong' condition, a weakness often caused by old age or illness.